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Hong Kong has the big city specials like smog, odour, 14 million elbows and an insane love of clatter. But it's also efficient, hushed and peaceful: the transport network is excellent, the shopping centres are sublime, and the temples and quiet corners of parks are contemplative oases.
The best thing about being in Hong Kong is getting flummoxed and fired by the confluences and contradictions of a Chinese city with multi-Asian and Western elements. It's about savouring new tastes, weaving through a human gridlock and humming some dumb Cantopop tune while slurping your noodles.
Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong emerged as a leading financial center in the late 20th century. Its highly capitalist economy is heavily based on service industries, and thrives under a long-standing policy of government non-intervention. Although the population is predominantly Chinese, residents and expatriates of other ethnicities form a small but significant segment of society. Influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong's multicultural identity is reflected in its cuisine, cinema and music.
5 Hip Hotels in Hong Kong
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It doesn’t have one pool, it has two, one infinity edge, one lap pool, both with underwater music and both on the roof with one of the best views of Hong Kong. Instead of the usual cocktail by the pool, at the Four Seasons there is a Pool Terrace alongside, providing light meals with the same spectacular views. The gym is equally impressive, with an extraordinary view of Hong Kong’s famous harbour from every machine
And then there is the shopping. The Four Seasons is connected to the International Finance Centre, the most upmarket and exclusive mall in Hong Kong, where the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Bvlgari and Loro Piana to name but a few all have their stores.
To make your mark as a hotel in a town like this you don’t need to impress, you need to dazzle. And that’s exactly what the Four Seasons does.
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LKF is the popular abbreviation of Lan Kwai Fong, the hottest, busiest and most club-infested area in Hong Kong. This is party central for HK. The only thing that was lacking in this neighbourhood was a hotel. Hotel LKF fits the bill perfectly.
The best part of Hotel LKF is on the roof, where they have built a very sexy and inviting duplex bar and restaurant complex. The bar is dark, glamorous and plush, and then an architecturally imposing winding staircase takes you up into a huge double-height massive volume space with extraordinary views of the city below that functions as Hotel LKF’s restaurant. Unlike Hong Kong’s big hotels, Hotel LKF only has one bar and one restaurant, but when you have one like this why would you need another?
The style of LKF is like the area: hip, contemporary, with a bit of edge.
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Hip hotel in an even Hipper location
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In Mandarin, ‘Jia’ means home and the JIA was originally designed by Philippe Starck for long-term residents so even the smallest rooms are apartment style. JIA gives you a real city pad in the thick of one of the world’s most exciting cities.
JIA could not be more Hong Kong. Located in the heart of Causeway Bay, the most concentrated shopping strip on the island, JIA is surrounded by more neon, more people and more frenetic bee-like activity than in the busiest street scene of a futuristic sci-fi film. Nearby Times Square offers the world's largest collection of theme restaurants under one roof: if you want a swap from traditional Szechuan to fusion Japanese, for example, just take the escalator to the next floor.
"The real triumph of JIA is the design by Philippe Starck - I've never come across space that has been so carefully and cleverly utilized".
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Ideal for shopping in Causeway Bay
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To understand what The Luxe Manor is, it’s easier to list what it’s not: it is not a business hotel, this is not where you meet clients in the lobby because the lobby is more like an Art Gallery. The Luxe Manor is quirky and fun. The rooms are funky, fresh and unexpected, and stylish in a surreal way. They are equipped with faux fireplaces, and the beds are so large you can sleep sideways. But aside from the rooms, one of its draw cards is definitely its location - situated bang in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, the real retail heart of Hong Kong.
Located on the Kowloon side, Tsim Sha Tsui is packed with little shirt makers, tailors, watch shops and more - it is definitely not the shopping mall experience of the main island. It’s a fantastically fun place to shop. Tsim Sha Tsui is the real Hong Kong.
The Luxe Manor is quirky and fun.
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A Quirky and fun hotel!
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The brand new W Hong Kong does its setting proud, with one of the world’s highest rooftop pools, top-class restaurants, white-hot nightlife and the first Bliss® Spa in Asia. Add to that a high-tech gym, skyline views from every room, Whatever/Whenever® room service and fully-wired technology, and you’re in HK hotel heaven. Whatever/Whenever is the W’s own take on the trusty hotel concierge. An interpretation that’s leaves no doubt as to what a concierge should deliver. Be sure to test them out and get help to explore all that is both old and new in Kowloon….the Cultural Centre, Lan Kwai Fong, the largest mall in the city and the night markets of Temple Street.
Kowloon is the Hong Kong suburb that puts the chi in chic, with giant Buddhas and skyscrapers sharing a horizon, and a buzzing atmosphere at ground level.
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Ideal for shopping, Spa and nightlife
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